Gareth Halfacree

Apple to kill off Mac Mini?

Rumours abound that Apple is due to announce the end-of-life for its dinky Mac Mini product line, with no new units being made available.

October 22, 2008 | 11:47

Opera launches new Mobile beta

Opera has announced the release of a new beta for Opera Mobile, with newly-added support for Symbian handsets as well as existing Windows Mobile units.

October 22, 2008 | 09:10

Microsoft patents auto-censorship

Microsoft has been granted a patent on a system to scan an audio stream - live or pre-recorded - for predefined 'bad' words and automatically censor them.

October 21, 2008 | 09:02

Mygazines.com closes its doors

Troubled magazine sharing site mygazines.com has officially shut its doors, citing "monetory reasons and the state of the global economy" rather than legal issues for its closure.

October 20, 2008 | 12:49

Firefox not coming to iPhone, Android

Mozilla's Christian Sejersen has confirmed that Firefox Mobile will not be made available for the iPhone or Google's Android platform.

October 20, 2008 | 08:58

Android features kill-switch

Google's Android mobile platform features a remote application kill-switch similar to the one found in Apple's iPhone - but the company is remarkably up-front about the functionality.

October 17, 2008 | 12:46

New MacBook Pros have dual-GPU, no SLI

Although Apple's latest top-end MacBook Pro laptops feature two GPUs - one for battery use, one for mains use - they are unable to use both at once for a performance boost.

October 17, 2008 | 09:00

Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 released

The Mozilla Foundation has officially launched the first public beta of Firefox 3.1, which introduces some impressive improvements - including a much faster JavaScript engine.

October 16, 2008 | 13:37

Adobe launches Flash 10

In a simultaneous launch with its content creation Creative Suite 4 package, Adobe has released the latest Flash build - and there's some snazzy new features.

October 16, 2008 | 09:06

HP extends warranties for Nvidia flaw

HP is the latest company to offer free warranty extensions for PCs affected by Nvidia's GPU manufacturing glitch, alongside Dell and Apple.

October 15, 2008 | 13:23

Anti-piracy PRO-IP bill passed

The controversial anti-piracy bill PRO-IP has been signed into law by the US President, and although at least one questionable measure has been removed complaints still remain.

October 15, 2008 | 08:59

Study warns of MP3 hearing risk

A new study into the health implications of personal audio players warns that up to five million people across the EU could suffer hearing damage in the next five years.

October 14, 2008 | 13:27

Airlines introduce pron filter to WiFi

Airlines have confirmed that they are to begin the implementation of anti-pornography filters on their in-flight WiFi Internet access services.

October 14, 2008 | 12:02

Intel team gives Eee 5-second boot

Intel has completed work on getting an Asus Eee PC to boot into a fully-functional version of the Fedora Linux OS in just five seconds flat, and is making the technology open for all.

October 13, 2008 | 12:42

Apple admits Nvidia flaw in MacBook Pro

Apple has issued a report admitting that several models of MacBook Pro fitted with Nvidia graphics chips are affected by a manufacturing flaw and may need repair.

October 13, 2008 | 08:59

Seagate joins enterprise SSD market

Seagate has confirmed rumours that, despite CEO Bill Watkins' public scorn of the technology, it is to enter the solid-state device marketplace with products aimed at the enterprise.

October 10, 2008 | 12:50

Asus to add touch to Eee PC

Asus has confirmed rumours that it is to add to its Eee PC range of netbooks with a model featuring a built-in touchscreen, inspired by amateur modders who rolled their own.

October 10, 2008 | 08:58

Gmail adds Mail Goggles

A new feature has been added to Google Labs called Mail Goggles, designed to prevent those late-night inebriated e-mails from ever being sent.

October 9, 2008 | 13:32

Asus ships malware with Eee Boxes

Certain revisions of Asus' well-regarded Eee Box ultra-small desktop PC have been accidentally distributed with a nasty worm forming part of the default install.

October 9, 2008 | 12:19

WiFi competitor uses visible light

A wireless networking system designed around LED-based visible light is being developed at the Boston University College of Engineering.

October 8, 2008 | 12:51

Mozilla Labs introduces Geode

The Mozilla Labs team has introduced Geode, a Firefox plugin that introduces an version of the W3C Geolocation Spec prior to the full-fat implementation due in Firefox 3.1.

October 8, 2008 | 08:56

Firefox Mobile alphas due 'in weeks'

Comments by Mozilla Foundation CEO John Lilly reveal that alpha versions of the up-coming Firefox Mobile browser could arrive in 'a few weeks' time.

October 7, 2008 | 14:05

Yahoo-AOL merger likely by month end

Rumour has it that Yahoo is take ownership of Time Warner's struggling AOL division in a deal that would see the company become the largest single provider of webmail in the world.

October 7, 2008 | 08:59